Yep! You can tell in the interview he does with Bobbie Wygant he's trying to avoid saying too much, but then she straight up asks if they were buddies and he's like "Nope!" 😂
It seems very much like Jim Carrey to blame anyone but himself when something less than pleasant happens to him. You can just tell from the way he tells the story he’s leaving something significant out, and probably exaggerating a good amount too. I’d like to hear Tommy Lee Jones’ side of it, but from what I can tell he’s never had a negative thing to say publicly about Jim Carrey.
I tried searching for an interview where Tommy Lee Jones talked about the situation, but I couldn’t find any. I will say, Carrey is a lot more humble in his interview with Howard Stern than he was on Norm MacDonald’s podcast. It does seem greatly exaggerated on Norm’s show.
Hows that? Every interview with his costars from other movies have only great things to say about working with him but It seems that Tommy Lee always has a stick up his @ss and Carrey was just not a actor he meshed well with.
@@Hairaising Tommy Lee seems like an actor who is grouchy all the time and Jim seems like the one that would get annoying all the time but least Jim means well and is someone most people wouldn't mind hanging out with.
I think Tommy Lee couldn't stand the fact that Jim Carrey was on the top and very successful at that time. Tommy also said in one interview that he only played Two Face in Batman because of his kid that asked him to. So looks like he was not very happy on set and he got a load of Jim Carrey's comedy tornado expression and "buffoonery" that additionally pissed him out. To be honest, if this all is true Tommy sounds like quite unprofessional, grumpy man.
I don't know the full story surrounding the tension between these two. No one really does. But this is what I've always felt might have been the case. An educated guess. Tommy Lee Jones won an Oscar for The Fugitive in early 1994. That summer he had a major role in A Time to Kill, which was also directed by Joel Schumacher. Jones was now a big name and signed to be part of this major Batman film directed by Schumacher, where he was not only the villain but received second billing. That same year, Jim Carrey blew up with not one, not two but three films. Ace Ventura, The Mask and Dumb and Dumber. All those films were from the same studio, Warner Bros. (Two of them were from New Line Cinema, which was owned by Warner.) No doubt they had a good feeling that Dumb and Dumber would also be a hit, so before that film was released, they signed Carrey to play The Riddler in Batman Forever. Schumacher said in an interview he took an immediate liking to Carrey, so my guess is that before production began the script was reworked to the point where the Riddler basically took over the story. No doubt, something like that wouldn't sit well with Jones. He"d now be taking a back seat to an actor who was best known for improvising and stealing scenes with his silliness. Sure, Jones got a bigger paycheck, but my guess is that the experience left him feeling a little raw. That doesn't excuse him for being mean to Carrey if he truly was. In recent years, he's come across as being an old grouch to just about everybody. But I'm guessing that behind the scenes, this was the situation that unfolded.
The proper, pure comeback to the “bafoonery” quip was probably “well that’s why I get the big bucks”. But so many good ones - “I’m sorry Tommy, I’m a method actor”, etc. All ones you unfortunately think of after the fact. But in defense of Jones, I think there could be a big difference between working with an actor playing the Joker, and working with the actual Joker when the camera is not running. Add a giant dollop of “WTF am I doing in this movie” on top and it was probably a recipe for lashing out, if not a complete identity crisis.
Tommy is a stoic actor while Jim is an epicurean actor. Both of them are great actor with different approaches but Tommy was being a dick to Jim when Jim didn’t even do anything personal to him.
This is actually the first “video essay” I have where there is no commentary. I wanted to challenge myself by relying on the material itself to tell the story. This is definitely more documentary style than video essay.
I know people that are like Carrey and these "theatrical" personality types can become pretty grating to work with very quickly. All the proof you need for that is in the making of man on the moon, but Tommy Lee Jones might just be a crabby old dude who knows.
As much as Tommy Lee tries to show that he is on board with how outrageous DC villains can be..you can see he is kind of choking on that answer. Like he's saying he's comfortable with it..but he's really realy..really really..NOT! And to have to try to sell that performance for him is challenging as is..but now you have the king of "over the top humor" in the same movie..and he might have been concerned that his idea of "over the top" might not be over the top enough next to Jim.
This is the only video essay in which I didn’t have any narration. I tried to tell the stories by editing together various interviews and scenes from movies.
"He might have been uncomfortable doing that work too, that's not really his style of stuff." I think Jim hit the nail here. I always felt Tommy was a little embarrassed by that role. Personally, I was embarrassed for the both of them and Val. What an embarrassing film (my opinion).
I have a question who cares Hollywood is filled with stars who don't like each other. Its no different than a work place some people get along some don't. Big deal
Idk im not suprised. All I can say is Jim Carry is a notoriously obnoxious ahole. Tommy was awful in that movie. Maybe the worst villain performance ever
Yeah, I’ve heard other stories of Jim Carrey being difficult to work with. I think Tommy Lee Jones would’ve been much better as two-face if he would’ve taken a more dramatic approach, rather than trying to out goof Carrey, which is arguably impossible.
Both their roles in Batman Forever were some of the worst jobs they ever had. But, I forgave them a long time ago. They were let down by a horrible script they didn't write after all. Not their fault.
@@logantrimble006 nah. Jim was great as the Riddler and his acting was obviously based on Frank Gorshin. Tommy could have been better of he didn't try to take the spotlight from Jim.
the new Batman movie was a yawn and and a flop, they had many directions to go and brining Jim Carry as the Riddler would have been the villain Robert Pattison deserved, more movies were we can see the ribs its sign of good heath.
I personally enjoyed the new Batman! It’s definitely a completely different aesthetic. If Jim Carrey were in the new Batman, I think his performance would have been very different than his one in Batman Forever.
@@Hairaising YES it would an that would have been the point, he has been at this for awhile, that movie had potential I see it as a Nightwing film really it had poor lighting and was bloated, cast was spot villain's not and that important to the story of the characters in Batman are essential parts of Gotham not a hard formula to replicate.
@@magallanesagustin4952 DONTY mistakes desperation and a carrot of on stick of a popular IP to make money, I disagree is all swaying people by just liking it, its better to explain why you like it what hooked you why you remember it, the batman film have for me yet to duplicate the magic of the first two, SEE Daredevil season 2 what it could have been MANY of these movies have much to gain from such content, Captain America 2 was what i expect action and fighting wise from DC the animation is easy enough to follow always stellar and with weight and consequences, success is more than box office numbers and world wide hits.
Tommy Lee Jones should not have even been in the movie. Badly miscast. Harvey Dent a personal friend of Bruce Wayne and Hello! He's black. In Action comics, the first Batman movies and even the animated series he was black. Why the change makes no sense. Jones portrayal of Dent was not good and didn't work for the film at all.
I know in the Tim Burton movie he was black, because of Billy Dee Williams. And the comics might have changed after the movie to show that. But he wasn't black in the comics before the movie. I don't know what Action Comics you're referring to. By the time he was in Nolan's Batman (the only other Batman movie), he was white. In the animated series he was always white. Not sure where you're getting all that.
Harvey was always caucasian in the comics. Tim Burton decided to race swap him (obviously not for the sake of forced diversity like it's done now) and Billy Dee Williams didn't reprise the role because Burton was no longer the director. Tommy could have been a great Two Face but he was so petty that he felt he had to take the spotlight from Jim Carrey.
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All of them!
@@nsasupporter7557 yeah, it’s hard to pick just one! 😂
You missed a golden opportunity to edit in Jim Carey doing a line from the Fugitive “it wasn’t me, it was a one armed man”
hahaha gold
Isn't that from The Mask??
Love how honest Jim was at the time, most people would of blown smoke anyway but he was like nope we didn't get on 😂
Yep! You can tell in the interview he does with Bobbie Wygant he's trying to avoid saying too much, but then she straight up asks if they were buddies and he's like "Nope!" 😂
@@Hairaising 😂😂
Yeah and people need to realise its a job not everyone likes the people they work with just as long as they get the job done no one cares
I cannot sanction your buffoonery. Yet he sanctioned it by acting in the movie with him.
It just seems like these two guys are cut from different cloth. So, not surprising that they wouldn't get along
True that!
It seems very much like Jim Carrey to blame anyone but himself when something less than pleasant happens to him. You can just tell from the way he tells the story he’s leaving something significant out, and probably exaggerating a good amount too.
I’d like to hear Tommy Lee Jones’ side of it, but from what I can tell he’s never had a negative thing to say publicly about Jim Carrey.
I tried searching for an interview where Tommy Lee Jones talked about the situation, but I couldn’t find any. I will say, Carrey is a lot more humble in his interview with Howard Stern than he was on Norm MacDonald’s podcast. It does seem greatly exaggerated on Norm’s show.
Hows that? Every interview with his costars from other movies have only great things to say about working with him but It seems that Tommy Lee always has a stick up his @ss and Carrey was just not a actor he meshed well with.
@@windandcloudshadow158 Tommy does seem to be very “grumpy” in his interviews, especially the ones for Batman Forever.
@@Hairaising Tommy Lee seems like an actor who is grouchy all the time and Jim seems like the one that would get annoying all the time but least Jim means well and is someone most people wouldn't mind hanging out with.
I think Tommy Lee couldn't stand the fact that Jim Carrey was on the top and very successful at that time. Tommy also said in one interview that he only played Two Face in Batman because of his kid that asked him to. So looks like he was not very happy on set and he got a load of Jim Carrey's comedy tornado expression and "buffoonery" that additionally pissed him out. To be honest, if this all is true Tommy sounds like quite unprofessional, grumpy man.
Some actors just don't get along. But they both seem great to work with though, despite their on set feud.
Yeah, both seem cool and I think they’re both great actors in their own way!
@@Hairaising e.g Actors of baby and Swatzey
I wonder what Tommy Lee Jones has to say about this
That's what I would like to know . If Jones has ever said anything about this. 🤔🤔🤔
Tommy Lee would probably just say “Yep. Hated him.”
I don't know the full story surrounding the tension between these two. No one really does. But this is what I've always felt might have been the case. An educated guess.
Tommy Lee Jones won an Oscar for The Fugitive in early 1994. That summer he had a major role in A Time to Kill, which was also directed by Joel Schumacher. Jones was now a big name and signed to be part of this major Batman film directed by Schumacher, where he was not only the villain but received second billing.
That same year, Jim Carrey blew up with not one, not two but three films. Ace Ventura, The Mask and Dumb and Dumber. All those films were from the same studio, Warner Bros. (Two of them were from New Line Cinema, which was owned by Warner.) No doubt they had a good feeling that Dumb and Dumber would also be a hit, so before that film was released, they signed Carrey to play The Riddler in Batman Forever.
Schumacher said in an interview he took an immediate liking to Carrey, so my guess is that before production began the script was reworked to the point where the Riddler basically took over the story. No doubt, something like that wouldn't sit well with Jones. He"d now be taking a back seat to an actor who was best known for improvising and stealing scenes with his silliness.
Sure, Jones got a bigger paycheck, but my guess is that the experience left him feeling a little raw. That doesn't excuse him for being mean to Carrey if he truly was. In recent years, he's come across as being an old grouch to just about everybody. But I'm guessing that behind the scenes, this was the situation that unfolded.
The proper, pure comeback to the “bafoonery” quip was probably “well that’s why I get the big bucks”. But so many good ones - “I’m sorry Tommy, I’m a method actor”, etc. All ones you unfortunately think of after the fact. But in defense of Jones, I think there could be a big difference between working with an actor playing the Joker, and working with the actual Joker when the camera is not running. Add a giant dollop of “WTF am I doing in this movie” on top and it was probably a recipe for lashing out, if not a complete identity crisis.
Tommy is a stoic actor while Jim is an epicurean actor.
Both of them are great actor with different approaches but Tommy was being a dick to Jim when Jim didn’t even do anything personal to him.
@petermj1098 Exactly this. Jim was trying to be professional and Tom was like I'm better than you go away.
Maybe Tommy was so in depth with being two face, Jim couldn’t separate the character from Tommy and took him genuinely at the time lol
How are clips with no commentary a video essay?
This is actually the first “video essay” I have where there is no commentary. I wanted to challenge myself by relying on the material itself to tell the story. This is definitely more documentary style than video essay.
I completely understand where tommy lee jomes was coming from. Jim....is definitely an acquired taste
I know people that are like Carrey and these "theatrical" personality types can become pretty grating to work with very quickly. All the proof you need for that is in the making of man on the moon, but Tommy Lee Jones might just be a crabby old dude who knows.
Nicely put together vid
Thank you, I appreciate it! :)
Pretty sure Jim Carrey and Billy Dee Williams would’ve gotten along.
Not so sure about Tommy Lee Jones and Robin Williams, though.
Basically Jim is a professional and Tom is a narcissist.
Other way around
@@xplaybwoixexplain that?
One is a professional the other is a narcissist of the highest caliber.
As much as Tommy Lee tries to show that he is on board with how outrageous DC villains can be..you can see he is kind of choking on that answer. Like he's saying he's comfortable with it..but he's really realy..really really..NOT! And to have to try to sell that performance for him is challenging as is..but now you have the king of "over the top humor" in the same movie..and he might have been concerned that his idea of "over the top" might not be over the top enough next to Jim.
i kept waiting for a narration to start telling me wtf the video was about and then it was over
This is the only video essay in which I didn’t have any narration. I tried to tell the stories by editing together various interviews and scenes from movies.
sorry for being a hater, man i was grouchy@@Hairaising
@@sam_bibly it’s no problem 😂
"He might have been uncomfortable doing that work too, that's not really his style of stuff." I think Jim hit the nail here. I always felt Tommy was a little embarrassed by that role. Personally, I was embarrassed for the both of them and Val. What an embarrassing film (my opinion).
I definitely think Jim was right, it’s not a typical role for Tommy!
For Jim is was a perfect role. It suits his style of acting. 💯💯💯 For Tommy it was embarrassing . 🙄🙄🙄 He can't pull that stuff.
Ffs just left the audio with Jim talking and stop cut to movies. Its fukin torture watching this
I have a question who cares
Hollywood is filled with stars who don't like each other. Its no different than a work place some people get along some don't.
Big deal
You’re not wrong 😂
Idk im not suprised. All I can say is Jim Carry is a notoriously obnoxious ahole. Tommy was awful in that movie. Maybe the worst villain performance ever
Yeah, I’ve heard other stories of Jim Carrey being difficult to work with. I think Tommy Lee Jones would’ve been much better as two-face if he would’ve taken a more dramatic approach, rather than trying to out goof Carrey, which is arguably impossible.
@@Hairaising they needed a straight leed. And obviously that wasnt gonna be Jim
Both their roles in Batman Forever were some of the worst jobs they ever had. But, I forgave them a long time ago. They were let down by a horrible script they didn't write after all. Not their fault.
@@logantrimble006 nah. Jim was great as the Riddler and his acting was obviously based on Frank Gorshin. Tommy could have been better of he didn't try to take the spotlight from Jim.
They were both horrific in it lol
I love Val Kilmer but that movie is awful
Hj
the new Batman movie was a yawn and and a flop, they had many directions to go and brining Jim Carry as the Riddler would have been the villain Robert Pattison deserved, more movies were we can see the ribs its sign of good heath.
How was it a flop? It was a critical and commercial success.
I personally enjoyed the new Batman! It’s definitely a completely different aesthetic. If Jim Carrey were in the new Batman, I think his performance would have been very different than his one in Batman Forever.
@@Hairaising YES it would an that would have been the point, he has been at this for awhile, that movie had potential I see it as a Nightwing film really it had poor lighting and was bloated, cast was spot villain's not and that important to the story of the characters in Batman are essential parts of Gotham not a hard formula to replicate.
@@magallanesagustin4952 DONTY mistakes desperation and a carrot of on stick of a popular IP to make money, I disagree is all swaying people by just liking it, its better to explain why you like it what hooked you why you remember it, the batman film have for me yet to duplicate the magic of the first two, SEE Daredevil season 2 what it could have been MANY of these movies have much to gain from such content, Captain America 2 was what i expect action and fighting wise from DC the animation is easy enough to follow always stellar and with weight and consequences, success is more than box office numbers and world wide hits.
@@mr.j1381agreed, “The Batman” wasn’t what I was expecting from a Batman movie.
Tommy Lee Jones should not have even been in the movie.
Badly miscast. Harvey Dent a personal friend of Bruce Wayne and Hello! He's black. In Action comics, the first Batman movies and even the animated series he was black.
Why the change makes no sense. Jones portrayal of Dent was not good and didn't work for the film at all.
I know in the Tim Burton movie he was black, because of Billy Dee Williams. And the comics might have changed after the movie to show that. But he wasn't black in the comics before the movie. I don't know what Action Comics you're referring to. By the time he was in Nolan's Batman (the only other Batman movie), he was white. In the animated series he was always white.
Not sure where you're getting all that.
Harvey was always caucasian in the comics. Tim Burton decided to race swap him (obviously not for the sake of forced diversity like it's done now) and Billy Dee Williams didn't reprise the role because Burton was no longer the director. Tommy could have been a great Two Face but he was so petty that he felt he had to take the spotlight from Jim Carrey.
He wasn't black in the comics or animated series lol